Comments on: Hong Kong: The end of the Umbrella Revolution

By: Claude Sciberras

Claude Sciberras — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:32:03 +0000

Qishom l-istudenti Maltin, preciz. I forgot the last time I heard SDM/KSU speak out.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:12:53 +0000

In reply to Matthew S. Why did the public turn against them? For a very Maltese reason. Ghax hazin ghall-business, qalu. Malta and China. Truly a marriage made in heaven.

By: Marlowe

Marlowe — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:30:49 +0000

The thing that got to me was how dirty the Chinese government would play. For instance the central government in Beijing would agree to meet them, but as soon as they tried to leave Hong Kong they would find their travel documents were cancelled.

By: Gahan

Gahan — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:59:25 +0000

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-27960661

http://www.clingendael.nl/sites/default/files/2014%20-%20Chinese%20investment%20in%20Piraeus%20-%20Clingendael%20Report.pdf

Piraeus is a main entry point for fake goods that are sold in the Balkans region. Whether Cosco Pacific, having assumed operational control over part of the Piraeus terminal, increases the number of fake goods entering the EU is unclear and requires further research. Still, one expert on trade flows of fake goods who was consulted for this study stated that he believes that Cosco’s involvement indirectly contributes to a larger inflow of China-made fake goods into Greece, and that this inflow has indeed grown substantially since Cosco assumed control of pier II.107 According to this source, potentially relevant factors in this regard may be the high level of corruption in both China and Greece,108

By: Matthew S

Matthew S — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 02:33:54 +0000

The government was very careful not to have a repeat of the Tiananmen square massacre. As long as tanks stayed off the street and protesters were not killed, no foreign government was going to raise much of a fuss, especially because all those foreign governments are desperate to do business with China.

It then simply became a war of attrition and it was pretty obvious that the protesters would blink first. Office workers got on with their lives and started seeing the protesters blocking the streets as a nuisance.

Even students have only so much time, energy and resources to protest. Once the general public started turning against them, the writing was on the wall.

The dictatorial Communist Party lives to fight another day.